Describe the most typical pattern of opioid addiction in the early 1900s, in the middle to late 1900s, and in recent times

What will be an ideal response?

Early 1900s, high proportion of the population, including many middle-class women who used patent medicines. Middle to late 1900s, small proportion of the population, heroin injectors with a higher frequency in some inner-city areas, association with crime to obtain funds to purchase the drug. Recently: abuse of prescription opioids by otherwise law-abiding citizens, often with sufficient funds to purchase the drugs on the Internet or by getting multiple prescriptions.

Psychology

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experiencing a. delusions. b. hallucinations. c. thought distortions. d. compulsions. e. obsessive thinking.

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In the model of ethnic group identity described by Atkinson, Morten, and Sue, what is the direction of change? a. From adhering to a dominant culture's view of your ethnic group without questioning it to understanding thisview more fully and accepting it

b. From confusion about conflicting values in the two cultures to a unique synthesis of these values. c. From recognizing the strengths and weaknesses in your cultural group's values to valuing only the strengths. d. From rejecting the dominant cultures view of your ethnic group to accepting it.

Psychology